Railroad Performance Measures   



Canadian Pacific
Weekly Performance Report

PLEASE NOTE: Effective October 30, 2008, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) acquired operational control of Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad Corporation (DM&E) and its subsidiary Iowa, Chicago & Eastern Railroad (ICE). DM&E and ICE were not previously included in the Railroad Performance Metrics reporting. Effective week ending October 16th, 2009 (Week 41), DM&E data was consolidated into Total Cars Online. Effective week ending January 8th, 2010 (Week 01), Train Speed and Terminal Dwell will include DM&E data.

Now Available: 53 Week Historical Performance Data

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All six railroads use the same definitions to calculate their performance data,ensuring a high degree of consistency of the measurements. However, these measures are most useful for examining trends and relative changes, and least useful as absolutes.

The level of one railroad’s performance relative to another’s may differ sharply because each railroad is unique. Differences between railroads include terrain, physical routes and network design, traffic mix and volume, the extent of passenger operations, and operational practices. External factors such as weather and port operations can also cause variations between railroads and over time.In addition,individual differences in the collection and reporting of operational data may affect the absolute level of the measures on each road to some degree.

The performance measures reported by CN on their website do not use the same definitions and therefore are not consistent with the measures on this website. Comparisons of trends in the data produced with different definitions are not meaningful.
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 Historical Average Week Ending
1Q09 Feb-10  02/12/10 02/19/10 02/26/10 03/05/10 
Revisions       
Cars on Line
By Car Owner
System 36,072 37,727  37,873 37,877 37,545 37,538 
Foreign RR 11,450 12,298  12,563 11,947 12,334 12,507 
Private 38,604 45,075  45,394 45,166 44,792 45,165 
Total 86,126 95,100  95,830 94,990 94,671 95,210 
Pct. Private 44.8 47.4  47.4 47.5 47.3 47.4 
By Car Type
Box 5,673 5,486  5,504 5,407 5,417 5,677 
Covered Hopper 38,247 41,751  42,287 41,671 41,550 41,681 
Gondola 4,104 5,684  5,663 5,697 5,724 5,693 
Intermodal 8,348 7,336  7,340 7,334 7,332 7,290 
Multilevel 4,386 4,596  4,693 4,500 4,527 4,735 
Open Hopper 7,170 8,523  8,530 8,532 8,493 8,592 
Tank 13,736 17,248  17,294 17,362 17,260 17,150 
Other 4,462 4,476  4,519 4,487 4,368 4,392 
Total 86,126 95,100  95,830 94,990 94,671 95,210 
Train Speed (Miles per Hour)
Intermodal 29.6 28.9  28.8 28.8 29.5 28.5 
Manifest 23.3 20.6  20.2 20.3 20.8 20.3 
Multilevel 29.0 16.5  20.6 18.2 11.3 24.2 
Coal Unit 24.2 21.0  21.4 20.0 20.4 20.3 
Grain Unit 22.7 22.3  21.9 22.2 22.4 21.9 
All Trains 25.0 23.0  22.9 22.9 23.1 22.6 
Terminal Dwell (Hours)
Calgary, AB 30.6 37.0  35.4 37.1 31.3 28.1 
Chicago, IL 19.8 27.3  29.6 25.4 28.3 29.0 
Milwaukee, WI 21.0 29.9  29.6 29.1 31.9 26.4 
Montreal, PQ 23.8 25.0  23.9 26.1 24.5 30.6 
Moose Jaw, SK 19.7 24.0  24.6 26.0 24.8 23.9 
St. Paul, MN 20.4 25.0  25.2 22.9 24.9 24.9 
Thunder Bay, ON 23.4 26.6  24.9 21.5 30.2 26.5 
Toronto, ON 46.6 40.7  41.5 39.2 40.0 42.5 
Vancouver, BC 21.4 23.3  24.0 22.5 23.7 21.5 
Winnipeg, MB 29.6 33.5  32.4 30.4 35.8 35.4 
Entire Railroad 23.2 24.6  24.6 24.1 24.5 23.8 
When reviewing the above data, please refer to the specific definitions by this carrier to understand the measurements being provided.
R = Revised Figure(s) reported for this week 
- = Not Available
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